Thursday, November 13, 2008

IT PAYS TO SHOP AROUND

Dennis spent time this morning demonstrating to the staff and apprentices at MMS Aviation the proper way to use a magnetizer. For those, like myself, who lack familiarity with some of the tooling used for aircraft repair, a magnetizer is used to re-magnetize a magneto. This gives the magneto more power to produce spark. Without spark, the engine will not run. The first quote Dennis received on purchasing this small, but necessary, tool was $17,600.00. After shopping around, he was able to get the cost down to under $600. Now a $17,000 savings is something this accounting mind can appreciate. Dennis tends to be very "thrifty" and capable of fabricating many types of tooling (perhaps from years of experience in the truck world where he fabricated trailers, and the many times he has had to build whatever we needed because we couldn't afford to buy it). Just one more example of God using a lifetime of experiences to equip each of us for the task He has called us to. Nothing is ever wasted in God's economy.

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